Drier-car



(N0 Modem P. ARNOLD.

DRIER GAR.

No. 419,306. Patented Jan. 14,1890

INVENTOR BY M ATTORNEYS.

WITNESSES w w UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PHINEAS ARNOLD, OF CANAL DOVER, OHIO.

DRIER-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 419,306, dated January14;, 1890.

Application filed October 23, 1889. Serial No. 327,914. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PHINEAS ARNOLD, of Canal Dover, in the county ofTuscarawas and-State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Drier-Cars, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention relates to an improvement in driercars, especially to thatclass of cars adapted for use in connection with a kiln for purposes ofsupport in the process of drying preparatory to burning brick.

The invention consists, in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth, and pointedout in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the car, and Fig. 2 is a plan view ofthe same.

In the construction of the car the bed consists, preferably,.of two sidebars or beams 10, shaped as an angled iron, which side bars orbeams areconnected at each end by a rod 11, each of the rods having an eye 12formed at or near its center, adapted to receive a hook, chain, or otherdevice, whereby the car may be drawn from place to place. The bed iscompleted by bolting or otherwise securing to the horizontal members ofthe side bars or beams 10 a series of plates 13, which plates arepreferably fiat and rectangular in crosssection. The plates are attachedto the angled irons by means of bolts, rivets, or equivalent devices,and are so placed that a space of predetermined width will interveneeach plate. The bed is braced and strengthened by the addition of twobrace-bars 14, which are essentially U-shaped in general contour, andthe bow portions are placed back to back and securely bolted together,the ends of the brace-bars being carried in opposite directions andscrewed to the vertical members of the angled irons 10, as best shown inFig. 2, from which it will be observed that the 0011- nected brace-barspartake somewhat of the contour of an elongated X. These brace-bars alsoserve as a support for the plates 13, as the upper edges of the bars arefiush with the corresponding face of the side beams 10. From the outerface of each angle bar or beam 10 hangers 15 are downwardly proj ected,preferably provided with anti-friction bearings 16,0f any suitable orapproved construction, and in said hangers the axles 17 of the car arejournaled, the wheels 18 being attached to the axles at the inner sideof the bearing-boxes and within the frame of the car. I

It will be observed that by the above construction I obtain an economicand durable car, and one upon which brick may be readily and safelyplaced and quickly dried, and that while the whole structure isexceedingly strong it is also exceptionally light.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secureby LettersPatent 1. A drier-car comprising a bed consisting of angledsidefpieces connected at their ends by cross-bars, spaced slatstransversely connecting the cross-bars, a brace attached to the sidepieces resembling, essentially, an elongated X, and hangers projecteddownward from the side pieces of the bed, adapted to journal the axlesof the carrying-wheels, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a drier-car, the combination, with angled side beams or bars andcross-bars connecting the said beams at their ends, having an eye formedat their center, of a series of slats secured transversely at intervalsupon the upper surface of the angled side bars or beams, and brace-rods,substantially as shown and described, connected to each other and to thesaid angled bars, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. In a drier-car, the combination, with angled side bars or beams,cross-bars connecting the said side bars or beams, each cross- 7 barbeing provided with an eye, and a series of spaced slats transverselysecured to the upper face of the said side bars or beams, of a brace-rodresembling, essentially, an elongated X, attached to the side bars orbeams, and hangers projected downward from said side bars or beams,provided with anti-friction bearings and adapted to journal the axles ofthe carrying-wheels, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

PHINEAS ARNOLD.

Witnesses:

O. F. BAKER, GEORGE BETCHER.

